Journal of a South Atlantic whaling voyage that began March 2 1819 off the Isle of Wight, and ended February 9th 1820 off Gravesend. During this time the Timor caught thirty-four whales, mostly right whales with an occasional humpback, and stowed hundreds of barrels of oil. Most whales were caught while working out of Angra Pequena and Walvis Bays, off the coast of what is now Namibia, and in the waters northwest of South Africa. "Timor" also fished for a time with the English whale ship Emma, including an agreement between the two ships during the first two weeks in June not to lower for a whale unless she had a calf with her. At one point the two ships got in a dispute over a whale, and the Emma departed about a month later, with a full ship. Whales taken are represented by Edward Stacys drawings of whale flukes. Perry, who was a harpooner, goes into about the ships whalecraft and the preparations for whaling that took up the first three months of the voyage. Also described are encounters with Khoikhoi who are described in some detail, including a party sent off by a missionary to sell cattle to the whalemen in order to raise money for the mission.

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